Byron Scott isn't sounding like a coach whose time as Cavaliers head coach could be down to 10 days.

Six games remain, starting with a matchup against the Pacers at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The Cavs have won two straight since Scott's future became a hot topic last week. They lost 10 straight games prior to beating the Celtics and Magic with scrappy defense. The season ends on April 18 in Charlotte.

Stretching the winning streak to three won't be easy. The Pacers lead the Central Division with a 48-29 record. The Cavs bring up the rear at 24-52. They are 0-3 vs. Indiana this season and lost those games by 15, 10 and 21 points.

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That isn't all. Guard Daniel Gibson made the trip to Indianapolis but is day to day with his injured elbow. Forward Luke Walton stayed behind to get treatment on his injured right ankle. Forward C.J. Miles has been placed in the NBA's concussion protocol program, which means he won't be available, and guard Dion Waiters is still out with a left knee injury. Center Anderson Varejao is out because of a blood clot.

Nevertheless, the Cavaliers trudge on, and Scott continues to talk about training camp next year as though he will be part of it. He is 64-160 since taking over the Cavs for the 2010-2011 season.

At the beginning of this season, Scott issued dolls to the Cavalier rookies as part of a rookie initiation. The rookies push their "babies" in strollers and are supposed to treat them as real children.

"I kind of like seeing them pull their babies in the locker room and then after the game rolling the babies out to the car," Scott said after practice Monday at Cleveland Clinic Courts. "I have to watch them every now and then because I think sometimes they're just throwing them in the trunk.

"For the most part they've done a pretty good job. I won't make them hold onto them in the summer, but whenever they're in town, it's still their baby. When training camp starts, it's still their baby. Obviously, we're going to have to buy a few more babies for next year's group. When they have their first game (next season) they can hand the babies back to us."

Cavs second-year forward Tristan Thompson is the one who spoke so strongly last Thursday in support of Scott one day after the skid hit 10 games following an ugly 113-95 home loss to the Nets. In that game, the Cavs hit only 38.2 percent of their shots. Brooklyn drained 56.6 percent of its shots. The Cavs were outrebounded, 44-36.

"Coach Scott has done everything asked of him as a coach," Thompson said at the time. "It's up to us to come out and compete and play hard because we're the ones out there."

Thompson backed his coach on the court the next two games. He scored 29 points and grabbed 17 rebounds when the Cavs won, 97-91, in Boston. He scored 15 points and pulled down 16 rebounds in the 91-85 home victory over Orlando on Sunday night.

If Cavaliers general manager Chris Grant has already determined Scott's fate, he isn't saying what that fate is. And like every other coach of a professional sports team, no matter the shape or size of the ball, Scott claims he does not read newspapers -- at least not the sports page.

"(Thompson) came into my office after he talked to you guys and said whatever he said," Scott said Monday. "I told him, first, 'You don't have to fight my battles.' Second, 'I appreciate you saying whatever you said out there.' Then we talked about him as a basketball player.

"Any coach would say, 'I really appreciate support from a guy like that.' Then to go out and play like he is has been fantastic. Hopefully he can continue to play that way."

The Cavaliers return to Quicken Loans Arena Wednesday for a home game against the Pistons at 7 p.m. and then host the Knicks at 7 p.m. Friday.

Notes

The Cavaliers' bench players are averaging 36.6 points a game since Wayne Ellington and Marreese Speights played their first game with the Cavs on Jan. 25. That is second most in that stretch in the Eastern Conference behind the Knicks (44.6). ... Over the last three games, the Cavaliers are averaging 15 offensive rebounds and 17 second-chance points. They lead the East with second-chance points (15.1) and are second overall to the Nuggets (15.7).